Codex Florentine
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The Codex Florentine is a 16th-century encyclopedic manuscript compiled by Bernardino de Sahagún that documents Aztec culture, language, religion, and history in parallel Nahuatl and Spanish texts with extensive illustrations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Codex Florentine canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6986257 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Codex Florentine Context triple: [Centzon Huitznahua, mentionedIn, Codex Florentine]
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A.
Codex Atlanticus
The Codex Atlanticus is a vast collection of Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks, sketches, and writings covering subjects from art and anatomy to engineering and scientific inventions.
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B.
Codex Boturini
Codex Boturini is a pre-Hispanic Aztec pictorial manuscript that chronicles the Mexica migration and the legendary origins of Tenochtitlan.
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C.
Codex Trivulzianus
Codex Trivulzianus is a manuscript notebook by Leonardo da Vinci containing his studies in language, engineering, and various scientific and artistic subjects.
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D.
Codex Basilensis
Codex Basilensis is a significant Greek New Testament manuscript known for its representative Byzantine text-type and its importance in biblical textual criticism.
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E.
Codex Borgia
Codex Borgia is a richly illustrated pre-Columbian Mesoamerican ritual and divinatory manuscript, renowned as one of the most important surviving examples of Indigenous pictorial books from central Mexico.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Codex Florentine Target entity description: The Codex Florentine is a 16th-century encyclopedic manuscript compiled by Bernardino de Sahagún that documents Aztec culture, language, religion, and history in parallel Nahuatl and Spanish texts with extensive illustrations.
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A.
Codex Atlanticus
The Codex Atlanticus is a vast collection of Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks, sketches, and writings covering subjects from art and anatomy to engineering and scientific inventions.
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B.
Codex Boturini
Codex Boturini is a pre-Hispanic Aztec pictorial manuscript that chronicles the Mexica migration and the legendary origins of Tenochtitlan.
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C.
Codex Trivulzianus
Codex Trivulzianus is a manuscript notebook by Leonardo da Vinci containing his studies in language, engineering, and various scientific and artistic subjects.
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D.
Codex Basilensis
Codex Basilensis is a significant Greek New Testament manuscript known for its representative Byzantine text-type and its importance in biblical textual criticism.
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E.
Codex Borgia
Codex Borgia is a richly illustrated pre-Columbian Mesoamerican ritual and divinatory manuscript, renowned as one of the most important surviving examples of Indigenous pictorial books from central Mexico.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mesoamerican codex
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encyclopedic work ⓘ ethnographic work ⓘ manuscript ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Florentine Codex
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Historia general de las cosas de Nueva España ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Nahua informants
ⓘ
Nahua scribes ⓘ
linked to:
Aztec codices
|
| author | Bernardino de Sahagún ⓘ |
| compiler | Bernardino de Sahagún ⓘ |
| contains |
extensive illustrations
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parallel Nahuatl and Spanish texts ⓘ |
| createdFor | Franciscan Order ⓘ |
| currentCity | Florence ⓘ |
| currentCountry | Italy ⓘ |
| currentLocation | Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana ⓘ |
| date | 16th century ⓘ |
| documents |
Aztec culture
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Aztec history ⓘ Aztec language ⓘ Aztec religion ⓘ |
| genre | colonial Mesoamerican manuscript ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Book I: The Gods
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Book II: The Ceremonies ⓘ Book III: The Origin of the Gods ⓘ Book IV: The Soothsayers ⓘ Book IX: The Merchants ⓘ Book V: The Omens ⓘ Book VI: Rhetoric and Moral Philosophy ⓘ Book VII: The Sun, Moon, and Stars and the Binding of the Years ⓘ Book VIII: Kings and Lords ⓘ Book X: The People ⓘ Book XI: Earthly Things ⓘ Book XII: The Conquest of Mexico ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Spanish colonial period in Mexico ⓘ |
| language |
Nahuatl
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Spanish ⓘ |
| numberOfBooks | 12 ⓘ |
| patron | Spanish colonial authorities ⓘ |
| placeOfCompilation |
New Spain
ⓘ
linked to:
Viceroyalty of New Spain
|
| script | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| subject |
daily life in central Mexico in the 16th century
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ethnography of the Nahua (Aztecs) ⓘ natural history of New Spain ⓘ religious beliefs and rituals of the Aztecs ⓘ social and political organization of the Aztecs ⓘ |
| usedFor |
study of Nahuatl language
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study of pre-Hispanic Aztec religion ⓘ study of the conquest of Mexico from an indigenous perspective ⓘ |
| writingSystem | alphabetic text with pictorial elements ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Codex Florentine Description of subject: The Codex Florentine is a 16th-century encyclopedic manuscript compiled by Bernardino de Sahagún that documents Aztec culture, language, religion, and history in parallel Nahuatl and Spanish texts with extensive illustrations.
Referenced by (2)
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